Power Eliminated

ABL playoffs

Venus Lacy’s layup with 1.9 seconds left lifted the visiting Long Beach StingRays to a 70-69 win over Portland, eliminating the Power from the semifinals.

Natalie Williams led the Power with 27 points and 13 rebounds. She scored with 16.2 seconds left on a pass from Katy Steding to give the Power a 69-68 lead.

Elaine Powell missed a free throw, then Williams blocked a breakaway by Yolanda Griffith. The ball went out of bounds, setting up the winning play on an inbounds pass from Andrea Nagy.

StingRays 70, Power 69

At Portland

Long Beach (70) - Davis-Wrightsil 3-11 0-0 6, Griffith 7-17 1-3 15, Lacy 7-10 6-6 20, Williams 4-14 8-8 16, Nagy 2-5 3-6 7, Stafford 1-2 2-2 4, Johnson 0-6 2-2 2, Bauer 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 24-67 22-27 70.

Portland (69) - Milton 3-8 1-2 7, Harrison 1-5 2-2 4, Williams 11-19 5-7 27, Powell 3-13 4-7 11, Goodenbour 5-9 4-6 18, Crawley 1-1 0-0 2, Steding 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 24-57 16-24 69.

Long Beach 12 13 30 15 - 70 Portland 12 16 21 20 - 69 3-Point goals-Long Beach 0-3 (DavisWrightsil 0-1, Nagy 0-1, Williams 0-1), Portland 5-9 (Goodenbour 4-6, Powell 1-2, Steding 0-1). Fouled out-None. Rebounds-Long Beach 41 (Griffith 17), Portland 42 (Williams 13). Assists-Long Beach 13 (Williams 5), Portland 18 (Goodenbour 7). Total fouls-Long Beach 21, Portland 23. Technicals-Portland bench. A-5,825.

Quest 74, Lasers 62

At San Jose, Calif.

Katie Smith scored 18 points to lead Columbus to a victory against San Jose as the Quest advanced to the championship series.

After sweeping San Jose, Columbus will face Long Beach in the best-of-5 series beginning next Sunday.

Tonya Edwards scored 16, Shannon Johnson 15 and Andrea Lloyd 14 for the defending champion Quest.

Columbus (74) - Lloyd 4-10 5-5 14, K.Smith 6-12 4-4 18, Still 2-6 2-4 6, Johnson 6-9 2-5 15, Edwards 7-14 2-2 16, Thirdgill 0-0 0-0 0, Tate 1-3 0-1 2, Davis 1-1 0-0 3, Potthoff 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 27-55 15-21 74.

San Jose (62) - C.Smith 2-7 1-2 5, Sam 5-14 3-4 13, Machanguana 4-7 5-6 13, Azzi 4-9 4-4 12, Holland-Corn 3-9 2-2 9, Byrd 0-0 0-0 0, Kaplan 0-0 0-0 0, Sandie 4-7 1-2 9, Gaither 0-2 1-2 1, Henning 0-2 0-0 0, Bradley 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-57 17-22 62.

Columbus 15 19 20 20 - 74 San Jose 17 18 18 9 - 62 3-Point goals-Columbus 5-9 (K.Smith 2-2, Davis 1-1, Johnson 1-2, Lloyd 1-3, Tate 0-1), San Jose 1-9 (Holland-Corn 1-4, Azzi 0-1, Sandie 0-1, Sam 0-3). Fouled out- Still, Sam. Rebounds-Columbus 35 (Still, Johnson 6), San Jose 36 (Sam, Machnguana 8). Assists-Columbus 16 (Lloyd, K.Smith 4), San Jose 14 (Azzi 4). Total fouls-Columbus 19, San Jose 20. A-4,409.